Suicide and Islam

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-97

  Lester, David ^a  

^a CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Completed suicide; Islam; Religion

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AFRICA; ASIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33646112662     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110500318489     Document Type: Article

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